Edgewater Police Chief Position Attracts 20 Applicants

May 14, 1985

EDGEWATER — The city has received 20 applications for the post of police chief, which has been vacant since Jan. 15 when Doug Betts was fired.

The deadline for application is June 1. The salary range is from $20,000 to $22,500. Advertisements appeared in this month's issues of two governmental magazines: The Florida Police Chief and Datagram, a publication of the Florida League of Cities.

Applicants must be high school graduates and must have earned an associate degree in criminal justice and-or five years minimum police administration experience.

Betts served for 5 1/2 months before he was fired. He succeeded interim Chief Edward Overman, a lieutenant with the Altamonte Springs department, who held the post for 90 days while the city council looked for a replacement for Earl Baugh. Baugh, who was fired in February 1984, has been serving as mayor since his election last November.

Baugh turned down a chance to return to his post last month when a petition signed by more than 1,000 residents asked the council to reinstate him.